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i think it's far beyond the economy. i understand the connection you're making to the economy. when you have a sitting senator saying this thing is a game, playing a gale -- >> that was appalling. i found that utterly appalling. most of us go to line of duty funerals all too regularly. what so many hard working families have had to endure over this protracted conflicts, that's a sacrifice. that's a tremendous sacrifice. and to have the united states senator talk about playing the game at the same time that his tea party extremist allies in the house are talking about dismantling large portions of our army, of our navy, of our marine corps, is disgusting, and i think it is not befitting of a great and free people and the once proud party of lincoln. the question we have to answer this fall is do we want to move forward with a economy that is growing or continue to believe the ridiculous story that the bigger and richer a guy's swiss bank account is the more jobs is creates in america. give me a break. >> i agree with you, and the same people clamoring for obama to come forward w
i think it's far beyond the economy. i understand the connection you're making to the economy. when you have a sitting senator saying this thing is a game, playing a gale -- >> that was appalling. i found that utterly appalling. most of us go to line of duty funerals all too regularly. what so many hard working families have had to endure over this protracted conflicts, that's a sacrifice. that's a tremendous sacrifice. and to have the united states senator talk about playing the game at...
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our economy is consumer driven. the more consumers that more money, the better it is for small businesses like me. this puts $2,000 to $3,000 in the hands of regular, ordinary working people who will spend it. the lower taxes on the rich just sends more money outside of our community, outside of our country to make bankers in the cayman islands happy. i am happy to see the president ask regular legislators to contact their legislators. >> do you think the president is trying to make this thing happen? >> i really got the feeling that they understood the stakes here. while they really wanted to hear from us, what they heard from the dozen small business people in the room who represented about 150,000 in our various progressive small business organizations was don't raise taxes on the middle class, tax the rich more. there were even calls in that room for higher minimum wages. clearly, no one wants to cut out the safety net that working people are promised for their lives of diligence, using their brains and brawn to
our economy is consumer driven. the more consumers that more money, the better it is for small businesses like me. this puts $2,000 to $3,000 in the hands of regular, ordinary working people who will spend it. the lower taxes on the rich just sends more money outside of our community, outside of our country to make bankers in the cayman islands happy. i am happy to see the president ask regular legislators to contact their legislators. >> do you think the president is trying to make this...
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climate chang came up today, which is very important to the economy and the economy itself. president obama needs to pain t -- maintain the support of the american people. at one point he was asked "you got a mandate"? >> with respect to the issue of mandate, i've got one mandate. i've got a mandate to help middle class families and families that are working hard to try to get in the middle class. that's my hand date. that's what the american people said. they said work really hard don't worry about the party interests, don't worry about the special interests. just work really hard if can you help us get ahead because we're working really hard out here and we're still struggling, a lot of us. >> the president already said the bush tax cuts for the rish will expire and he said the tabs cuts for 98% of americans must be extended. now who can have a problem with that? as it is the ball is in the hands of the republicans. the president basically is daring them to defy his mandate. kind of they -- you know, i think they will. i don't think they want a deal. they'll talk about it
climate chang came up today, which is very important to the economy and the economy itself. president obama needs to pain t -- maintain the support of the american people. at one point he was asked "you got a mandate"? >> with respect to the issue of mandate, i've got one mandate. i've got a mandate to help middle class families and families that are working hard to try to get in the middle class. that's my hand date. that's what the american people said. they said work really...
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wouldn't that be good for the economy? the president is open to compromise, but he's not going to give away the store, not this year. he learned his lessons back in the lame duck session of congress, 2011. so today he openly rejected the mitt romney, john boehner solution for tax reform. >> what i will not do is to have a process that is vague, that says we're going to sort of, kind of raise revenue through dynamic scoring or closing loopholes that have not been identified. and the reason i won't do that is because i don't want to find ourselves in a position six months from now or a year from now, where lo and behold, the only way to close the deficit is to sock it to middle class families. >> now, that is the classiest way i have ever seen anybody say, you know what, somebody's got to pick up the bar tab, boys. this is what president obama ran against in the presidential election. mitt romney's approach to tax reform was, trust me. the american public wanted specifics. and president obama continued to give specifics toda
wouldn't that be good for the economy? the president is open to compromise, but he's not going to give away the store, not this year. he learned his lessons back in the lame duck session of congress, 2011. so today he openly rejected the mitt romney, john boehner solution for tax reform. >> what i will not do is to have a process that is vague, that says we're going to sort of, kind of raise revenue through dynamic scoring or closing loopholes that have not been identified. and the reason...
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especially as the economy gets better. >> it's going to take more than grass roots. it's great they are organizing and talking about it, but president obama had an innate ability to raise big money. can the democrats duplicate that? i mean there's going to be somebody coming along and inspiring people to the next level to keep this thing going. can it have an effect in the midterms? >> there's a difference between what president obama was doing in the end, and these big donors coming together in what mitt romney called the darkrooms. what you've got to have here is some of this big money sitting it out for 2016. they have to be focused on 2014 and try to win back especially the house seats. that's where the real difference is going to come. if the president gets another honeymoon, it's going to be over by february. does he get a second? >> the finances of the country is very important. but demographically, immigration reform walks right into the democratic tent. this would be a big -- the right move, actually. politically the right move, but also important for the co
especially as the economy gets better. >> it's going to take more than grass roots. it's great they are organizing and talking about it, but president obama had an innate ability to raise big money. can the democrats duplicate that? i mean there's going to be somebody coming along and inspiring people to the next level to keep this thing going. can it have an effect in the midterms? >> there's a difference between what president obama was doing in the end, and these big donors...
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they are terrified that when tax rates go up on the rich, it's not going to harm the economy. and 30 years of ridiculous orthodox si are going to go down the drain. >> i want to play this sound byte by mitch mcconnell today. >> i can say on the part of my members that we fully understand that you can't save the country until you have entitlement programs that fit the demographics of the changing america in the coming years. we're prepared to put revenue on the table, provided we fix the real problem. >> so tara, senator mcconnell is angling for a fight amongst democrats over entitlements. is it going to work? >> he hopes it will work. i don't think it will work this time. the bottom line here is that the public has made their choice in this election and president obama was very clear throughout this election. he's been clear that he didn't want to continue the bush tax cuts for the top income earners. so the one thing i want to see more democrats do is those of us who are, you know, not in congress, we need to be out there pushing too. because last anytime what happened shs th
they are terrified that when tax rates go up on the rich, it's not going to harm the economy. and 30 years of ridiculous orthodox si are going to go down the drain. >> i want to play this sound byte by mitch mcconnell today. >> i can say on the part of my members that we fully understand that you can't save the country until you have entitlement programs that fit the demographics of the changing america in the coming years. we're prepared to put revenue on the table, provided we fix...
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. >> we need to get the economy going. we need to get people back to work. and that disproportionately affects the middle class right now. the fact that they're talking about anything that might make it worse on the economy i think is a bad sign about what is happening in washington. >> scott walker looks like he is running for 2012 dodge ball champion of the year. folks, just let all the tax cuts go away if they don't want to do a deal, because then they're going to come back and say no to another deal, and it's only going to get politically worse for them. republicans have no answers because they just basically have a loser's hand, any way you look at it. now i'm tired of the bush tax cuts. i would like to see the obama tax cuts. house speaker john boehner? he doesn't seem to get it very good. look at who he has put in charge of their negotiations. "the new york times" reports speaker boehner has tapped paul ryan to help strike a deal on tax increases and spending cuts by the end of the year, and to bring alongfellow republicans. i don't think he is very g
. >> we need to get the economy going. we need to get people back to work. and that disproportionately affects the middle class right now. the fact that they're talking about anything that might make it worse on the economy i think is a bad sign about what is happening in washington. >> scott walker looks like he is running for 2012 dodge ball champion of the year. folks, just let all the tax cuts go away if they don't want to do a deal, because then they're going to come back and...
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he does have a very good plan for getting the economy moving forward. and another thing i think that's important is he opposes the obama health care plan, which is not going to be implemented fully for several years yet. >> lastly, are social conservatives at some point in the future willing and able to throw your support behind mitt romney if it appears that he is the inevitable nominee? >> i think that whoever the nominee is will get the support of people like myself, absolutely. >> you will be there to vote in the fall. >> i will, yes. i will. >> there you have it rachel, still hoping they will be able to pull it out here, we know that the chances of rick santorum winning the delegate battle in ohio is pretty much over because of the filing issue over some of the delegates. back up to you. >> ron mott, thank you very much. reporting from santorum headquarters. on the issue he was asking the supporter about whether or not the social issues should continue to be a factor in this, whether or not republicans should talk about it, obviously all the expert
he does have a very good plan for getting the economy moving forward. and another thing i think that's important is he opposes the obama health care plan, which is not going to be implemented fully for several years yet. >> lastly, are social conservatives at some point in the future willing and able to throw your support behind mitt romney if it appears that he is the inevitable nominee? >> i think that whoever the nominee is will get the support of people like myself, absolutely....
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they were buying into fearmongering about the economy and the effects of the affordable care act. once president obama won a resounding re-election victory, they stuck to the republican script, but they saw they could potentially take a financial hit by making these threats. it's not worth the risk to the bottom line, to be so political. didn't the ceo of papa john's realize that maybe democrats eat pizza as well? joining me tonight, the political editor of the progressive magazine, ruth connif, and john nichols of "the nation" magazine. john, aren't these leaders figuring out they're going to take a hit to the bottom line, when you choose to be political like this, over their business that really has nothing to do with the politics. what do you think? >> sure. it's one of the first lessons in business school. stay out of politics, as regard to your marketing. they can certainly give contributions and they often do. but i really think what happened with the folks at papa john's and this denny's franchise was that they just fell behind the pattern here. the affordable care act has
they were buying into fearmongering about the economy and the effects of the affordable care act. once president obama won a resounding re-election victory, they stuck to the republican script, but they saw they could potentially take a financial hit by making these threats. it's not worth the risk to the bottom line, to be so political. didn't the ceo of papa john's realize that maybe democrats eat pizza as well? joining me tonight, the political editor of the progressive magazine, ruth...